Cell-specific expression profiling of rare cell types as exemplified by its impact on our understanding of female gametophyte development

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 41-49

  Wuest, Samuel E ^a   Schmid, Marc W ^a   Grossniklaus, Ueli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; METHODOLOGY; OVULE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS;

ANGIOSPERMS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; OVULE; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 84873735832     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2012.12.001     Document Type: Review

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